Ballads of a Cheechako by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
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The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill
I took a contract to bury the body of blasphemous Bill MacKie, The Ballad of One-Eyed Mike This is the tale that was told to me by the man with the crystal eye, The Ballad of the Brand 'Twas up in a land long famed for gold, where women were far and rare, The Ballad of Hard-Luck Henry Now wouldn't you expect to find a man an awful crank The Man from Eldorado He's the man from Eldorado, and he's just arrived in town, My Friends The man above was a murderer, the man below was a thief; The Prospector I strolled up old Bonanza, where I staked in ninety-eight, The Black Sheep Hark to the ewe that bore him: The Telegraph Operator I will not wash my face; The Wood-Cutter The sky is like an envelope, |
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